St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-12

vent the most captiOuS traveller from
being afflicted with monotony. Mon
tana'S reputation as a grazing country
has been well deserved, but the cattle
lien who make up such large proper
ton of her population are not the most
cheerful individuals III the world just
at present, for their herds were sadly
thinned by last winters terrible storms.
Good judges declare that the average
loss i'll the territory will be found to
exceed 40 per cent, and Mr.. NELSON
STORY, the banker and cattleman of
BoZeman, goes SO far as to assert that
in his herd of $4,000 head but 5000 now
remain alive. Others, however, have
been more fortunate, and, even granting
all the losses, the value of the cattle
output of Montana for the coming sea-
son will reach well up into the hundreds
of thousands.
1t is mistake frequently made, to
assume that her mineral resources and
her great herds of cattle constitute the
only sources of MOntana'S wealth. She
possesses many well-watered and fertile
valleys, which are unsurpassed, and
where the huSbandman finds ten-feld
returns for his energy and enterprise.
The Gallatin valley in Western Mon
tana contains farms which might well
excite the envy of even the most critical
agriculturiSt But it is by her mineral
wealth that Montana most impreSSeS tic
stranger within her gates, and as one
views the rOck-ribbed sides of mountain
range after mountain range, and then
remembers the comparatively few
mines yet in operation, even though last
years output of gold and silver reached
total of s25, 100000, he cannot but con-
clude that the territory's mining in
dustry is yet in its infancy, and that
another COmStOck or Drum Lummond
bonanza may be struck any day. But it
is all a lottery. The lucky man may be
a day labOrer working with pick OF
shovel, or he may be a Boston capitalist
specializing in mining properties.
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Running over into Washington terri
tory the Northern Pacific railroad holds
tribute to itself a country whose richness
will compensate for the many miles of
barren and unprOductive land which the
road must traverse at intervals between
st. Paul and the coast. Possessing what
they claim to be the finest eli
mate in the world, and coun-
try of the most varied resources, the
people of Washington territory should
be well content with their lot. Farming
land, timber land and mines all con-
tribute to their prosperity, while the
diversity of scenery is unsurpassed on
the continent. Mountains towering into
the clouds and plains level as floor,
woods almost inpenetrable, rushing
rivers, beautiful lakes, an inland sea
and a stretch Of coast, all go to make
up this noble territory which well de-
serves to bear the name Of the Father
of this Country, and which is welcom-
ing each year rush of immigration
greater than that which Dakota annually
accommodates. Its cities, too, are not
mere villages but veritable cities. Spo-
kane Falls is wonder even among
Western towns, and has a grand future
to which it is rapidly working. -Four
years ago a town of 100 people
it now numbers 1000 souls and is grow
ing at rate that justifieS the claim Of
$4,000 people within the next ten years
The best water power in the country
owned. curiOusly enough, by Minneap-
oils capitalistS-a fine farming region,
timber land and mining resources in
abundance. are the elements that insure
the greatness of Spokane Falls and
make it what it now is, the best town
between st. Paul and Portland, except
Helena.
But the grardeSt scenery on the line
lies along the last stage of the journey,
from Spokane Falls to the Columbia
river, and thence along that turbulent
stream to the shadow of the aweSome
Cascade mountains, whose precipitous
cliffs seem to pierce the skies,
and whose sides are white with the
foam OF scores of ileecy waterfalls and
rushing cascades, until Portland, the
pride and glory of Oregon, is reached, a
city noted for It's rainfall and its wealth,
one as abundant as the other. Thence
the traveller may, II not already Wearled
OF the ncver-ending variety, the kal;edi-
OscGpic changing of the views which
have met his eye, see something more
to startie and surprise northward along
the coast. He may visit the wonderful
thriving cities of Tacoma and Seattle Or
turning southwark he may push through
the rugged scenery of Oregon and Cali
fornia, and stand amazed at the triumph
of engineering skill which has made a
railroad through such region posi-
bic. Or, if fond of ocean travel, he may
take the ocean steamer at Portland, and
catching further glimpse of the grand
est river scenery in the world in his
hundred-mile run down to the ocean. in
three days pass through the famed
Golden Gate, into the finest harbor in
the world and find himself at his
journeys end in San Francisco.